Corset.



C. H. SGHOPBQH.

- CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1912.

D Patented Mar..26, 1912.

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specification ot Ietterslatent. Patented 131326,

Appncsaqn mea January 10,'191'2. serial no. esas-ree To all whom t may concern Be it known that L' CHARLES-H. Senor- BACH, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Anrorayimthe 'county of Kane '5 and State 'of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inV Corsets; and I, CHARLES H. SCHOPMAN; do'hereby declare .that'the following is a full, clear,

and exact description thereof,- reference bero ing had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form a par-t of this speciication.

rlhis invention relates to an improvement in corsets ,consistingof'the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention relates particularly to the type of corset'which has'the lacing in front,

and which is provided with a stiening.-

shield back of the lackingto bridge the open space exposed. by the lacing and coniine and protect from protruding that part of the body or under garment of the wearer which .is covered bythe lacing,

senting 'a fragment-ary elevation with then flap carrying the lacing turned back and one edge ofthe shield placed adjacent to but nnattachedto the part of the corset body to which it is to be detachably, connected. Fig. 3 is a view. representing a partial trans versc section through the front of the corset body and the shield as it appears when the vcorset andshi'eld are both hooked' F ig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View illustrating a modified means for detachably connecting t-he free margin of the`shield to lthe corset body.

Referring now't'o that embodimentof my front. Sai'd'body is provided adjacent one margin l10a .with a vertical row of eyelets 11.

1e indicates a narowsti'ened strip having eyelets- 1an and connected with the margin 10 o-the corset body by a lacing 15 whichr passes throughthe eyeletsV 14:5t and 1-1 so that the space between the two .may be.

adjusted tothe .desirelor comfort of the wearer. a Said stifening strip 1d is adapted i to he detachably connected tothe margin 101 In thedrawings-Figure 1 isa perspegI tive View representing my improved corset invention illustrated .in the drawings, 10 indicates the corset body which' opens in' of, the 4corset Abody to close thecorsetin a familiar manner,` the' two being providedv with coacting members .13 and k16 of suitable hooking devices. f

17 indicates a shield adapted to lie be: "60 neath the lacing next `thebody .when the corset is on the body of the wearer, Said`r` shield has a margin 17a perm'a1iently1.at tached to the inner surface ofthe corset body along a line spaced from one margin 65 of the corset body, preferably the` margin. 10b. Its oppositemargin 17 -is adaptd'to'c be detachably connected to-thei inner surface of the other marginal p ar'tof.thef'corsetiy body at points spaced from said'imargi 10?; and is provided with a stiii`eiing`me 17c so that it will lie smoothly againsttle body of the wearer. i'

18 indicates-hooks and 19 indicates eyes carried respectively by the'corsetbodyandfjs by the free margin of the shield by which such attachment is madepossible.

The shield member is'provided withvertically extending laterally rspaced stiiening members 20.which are so-arranged andcon;` 8o.

nected to the shield member as to'provider`4 Ventilating openings 21. At the upperfand l llwer margins of the shield member are se# cured horizontal stiifening menib'ers22, 23,* y respectively, which assist in retaining an'df .in properly confining the-body lof the wearerffsf at points in their vicinity. y In Fig. 4, I'have shown anotherfform-.of

'attaching deVC@ 01' deta'chably connecting" the free'malgin of the shield member to `the 90 corsetbody. Thisco'nsists of devices like the familiar glove (fastener, each compris-y ing anelastic contractive st nd 2li attached to the shield memberaifd va socket`member'- dsecured to the inner surface of the corset o y. y'

In the use of my improved corset,ithe corset body is placed aboutv the body in the usual Way, and the free' margin-.17? oi the shield member attached to the' corset body. .106 .The shield member is` made .confder'ably Wider than the intended spacebetwe'en the. parts of the corsetbody to which itis connected 'so that when its free margin is hooked to the corsetbody thecorset is loose enough on thev body of thev wearer for easy adjustment, both of the position of the corset and of the part ot the body of the .wearer confined Within it. The marginal partsjof the corset body may be grasped by each:

i cent one margin, a

hand in making these adjustments and also when hookingl the shield member, thus facilitating the operation. The stiiening stri-p 14 is then. hooked to the. margin l0 of the corset body in the usual manner, the lateral marginal parts. of the shield being folded upon themselves, as shown in Fig, 3. The stiilening members 22 and 23 at the up-I per and lov/er margins ofthe shield member are terminated short of itsflateral margins to make this folding possible. The lacing may then be adjusted to snit the comfort of.

the Wearen l claim as my invention:

1, In a corsetF in combination with a body opening' in front and having eyelets adjastilening strip spaced from said margin and having eyelets, lacing connecting the eyelets of said stiienixng strip with the eyelets adjacent said margin ot' the corset body, comcting .members of attaching devices carried respectively by said stillening strip and the other margin of said corset body, a shield member adapted to liebe-- neath said lacing, said shield member being permanently attached at one lateral margin to the inner surface of the corset body along a line spaced from one margin thereof7 and means for detachably connecting the other lateral margin of said shield to the inner surface of said corset body at points spaced from the other margin of said corset body.

Q. In a corset, in combination with ay body Lomas@ opening in front and having eyelets adjacent one margin, ay stil'ening stri-p spaced from said margin and having eyelets, lacing connecting the eyeletscf said stifening strip with the eyelets adjacent said merg` i ofthel corset body, coacting members of attaching devices carried respectively by saidstii'ening strip/and the other margin of said corset body, a shield member adapted to -lie be neath laid la cing, said shield member being provided with `vertically extending stifteningf members intermediate its lateral man gins and vwith horizontal 'stiening members at its upper and lower margins'terminating .short of its lateral margins, said shield member being permanently attached at one lateral margin' tothe inner surface' of the corset body along a/.line spaced from one margin thereof and havingits other margin free and provided with av vertical stiening member7 and means for det-acbably connecting the free inargin'o said. shield "to the inner surface of said corset body' at points spaced fromthe other margin of said corset body.

lin testin'iony, that l, claim the foregoing as my invention l allix my Signature in the CHARLES H. SCHPBACH. lVitnesses "MARSHALL B. ltaannea,

A. C. HoFFMaN.

.presence of two Witnesses, this 4th day of `January A. l). l9l2. 

